Lane's Arabian Nights, 3 Vols

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Product Information

Era:

Vintage; 1910-1950

Condition:

Good; light chipping to spine, otherwise all clean and tight

Country of Origin:

UK

Materials:

see description

Size:

9" L x 6.25" W x 5" H

Color/Finish:

green

Why We Love This

The Thousand and One Nights Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments translated by Edward William Lane, edited by Edward Stanley Poole, illustrated from the designs of William Harvey. London: Chatto Windus, 1912. Volumes I, II, and III. 1,834 pages. Hardcovers. 850 engravings. Edward Lane, the Arabic scholar, spent many years in Cairo living with Arabs and as an Arab, absorbing every detail of their habits, culture and history.

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